The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-20
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IT tntouudsvllle-Tho improvements III

THE C1TYINTrE FOREST n
AT (nfouudsvilie---rhe improvements that
~ Have Deem Made Who are There.
As a college man looks forward to tho
annual commencement exercises Of his
Alnid Mater, when he will greet with nm.
bounded pleasure tho companions Of his
youth and exchange with them n re.
hearsRl Of the tim0 that has passed eince
the good.byes were spoken on the cam.
pus, 30 those who Tor years have been at.
tending the annual religious encampment
on the Moundsville camp ground, look
forward with great interest TO tho time
when they shall again meet In that "City
In the Forest" made sacred by many hal.
lowed memories. The time 10 not fur dis.
tant when this years. encampmcnt will
begin, and with 1t will come pleasant 70.
union Of friends. Some Of theae will have
mot With yreyerses. financial embarrAsa.
ments, silllction and death, while othett
will rejoice In the knowledge OF tho fac,
that the past 4 year haa seen the
Lazy Goddess smile on them but nlI
will meet OH the old camp ground happy
and contensed for the time being over the
fact that thoy arc able TO once more meet
In this natural temple, to once more rusti.
cate and recuperaso and topraise the Grea
Ruler Of all. \. 4 s
This years encamp nent promises to BIZ
the lnoat notable tho Association has evel
known. Sam Small and Il. o. Excel or,
to be the chief battery this year, the ont
to impsrt divine instruction in story ant
the other to 4exemplify 1t in song, Ed
Excel was heard there last year, and 1t i
known that he 10 able to make the exer
cisco very entertaining. In addition I,
the services 10 be conducted by these tw.
and the others who will DO in attendance
the siyhta afforded by the variety Of pao
pie that will be in attendance, make
combination that, outside Of tho excellen
opportunity afforded to praise tho Lord
pays one to take In. Ebi (,
a, SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS. y,
Reference has been made 10 the place o
the old camp ground 1t Is old no longe
except In name. The changes that hay
been mado this year mako 1t an entirel,
new place. AS one enters the gate O
1.-THE Point the first improvement 10 seel
In the removal Of tho sold Mausion' q
that point and the erection OF new hous
for the Superintendent of the grounds
The removal OF the old structure has in
creased the size OF that popular loafn
place. Looking east from The Point on
sees that an entire row OF cottages ha
been removed, others have been Get bacl
and the space so cleared made intoa park
Young trees have been set out, and witt
1.-THE advantages OF The Poiut-it being tn
principal entrance, the beautiful Wow Il
be had from there and the constant breez
that always prevails there, this new parl
is bound to be the most popular place Of
the ground. LIE li,;.
Out Simpson avenue, the promenade O
the place, as far as the hotel, down to tn
old spring with its ever bubbling stream O
cold water, and out through the old park
on every side are to be seen slgns of i'm
proyements. The old park presents
very attractive appearance; its urns AMI
vases have been newly painted in
variety Of bright colors and filed viii
plants and vines. t's
Leaving this part and making ones wa,
to the auditorium one finds that JUS. GU,
side OF the inner circle Of cottagea a Who'll
row has been removed, and by this tn
street has been wldened, and tho oppor
tunitiea for occurring a conetant breezs II
that part Of the camp increased. The re
moving OF these cottages has also had
wholesome effect on the appearance O
the ground, and has partially removed a,
objection to the place-the proximity o
the cottages to each other. Thus one b,
one the old land marks arc disappearing
Several Of the old trees have succumbed t
the axe. Many Of these trees were pop
lar and not: popular, and few Of then
we're decayed to such an extent that the,
were removed aa 8 matter OF safety, willis
others we're removed TO allow further i'm
provements to be made. There has beel
come objection urged on'the part of somt
against this wholesale" destruction 0
trees as they term it, bnt OF course doctor
will differ, and when men are elected tt
drive, they should be allowed to do 81
while others keep their seats and as,
nothing till it 10 time to change drivers
Every improvement that has been mad,
will be found to psy. {:
TIE NEW AUDITORIUM. f Is
The greatest change has hsen made b,
the erection Of the auditorium. The oil
trees and the old platform, with the ia
miliar quotation that has greeted ever,
eye for years past, Holiness to the Lord, ,
are no Inore. No longer csn this or this
tree be referred to by the good brother O
Blister as the place where, knesling at 1T
base, the blessing came. Nor no longe
can the young men and women stop be-
neat the .umbraGeous shade thst formerl,
covered the place end recall the swee
nothings said and flirtstions Of season.
past. There will be no moro hearing th,
word Sitting under o 36inch umbrella
ministers will not be interrupted in theil
discourse by the retreat OF their listener
to more comfortable quarters. All these
arc now Of the past, Tor there has bee,
built the finest tabernacle weat Of the Ale
ghenies, costing nearly 81. 900 and having
seating, capacity Of about 1000. r.
A proper description OF the beautiful
place cannot be given; it abould be scer
to be appreciated. In the tower has beer
placed a bell weighing 1900 pounds, tha
can be heard plainly in any part o
Moundsvillo. - ;f5s4l
New cottages have been erected thi
spring by p. B. Dobbins, Wilbur Bagys
Charles Riggs, Miss Rida Dean, and Mis-
Stella Martin, while many have baen i'm
proved by having additions made to then
and others reprinted.
The hotel has been opened and is il
charge Of Sam Litten. The families Of G
Fl. Merkle and George Bremen have taker
rooms at the hotel, also several young me1
from Bellaire, Q. i'll. .t5t ,5i5
WHO ARE THERE.
The families Of the following gentlemen
Of Wheeling, are at present here occupy
ing their cottages: John S. Naylor, NJ
Marsh, Henry sesmon, Wilbur Bsges,
H. P. sMcGregor, P. B. Dobbins, W. H
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